Revision of the Austro-Oriental shield-bug genus Axiagastus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with the description of five new species, and taxonomic notes on related genera
Zootaxa,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
5603(1), P. 1 - 82
Published: March 10, 2025
The
Austro-Oriental
shield-bug
genus
Axiagastus
Dallas,
1851
(Hemiptera:
Heteroptera:
Pentatomoidea:
Pentatomidae:
Pentatominae:
Axiagastini)
is
revised
and
found
to
be
a
senior
synonym
of
Indrapura
China,
1928,
syn.
nov.
following
species
(including
five
new)
are
treated:
A.
cambelli
Distant,
1911
(=
Pentatoma
marmoratum
Montrouzier,
1855,
nov.),
from
Australia
(Queensland),
Papua
New
Guinea,
Solomon
Islands,
Fiji,
Samoa
Vanuatu;
chandrashekarai
Salini,
Kment
&
Roca-Cusachs
sp.
nov.,
Indonesia
(Sulawesi);
dubius
Jensen-Haarup,
1937
?Singapore;
klossi
(China,
Indrapura),
comb.
(Sumatra);
luteipes
Salini
Myanmar;
mitescens
1901,
China;
prathapani
India
(Andaman
Nicobar
Islands),
(Java,
Sulawesi,
Sumatra),
Laos,
Malaysia
(Malaya,
Sabah,
Sarawak),
Singapore;
rosmarus
(type
species)
the
Philippines;
votypkai
(Papua),
yeshwanthi
Webb
Cambodia,
India,
Japan
(Ryukyus),
Taiwan,
Thailand
Vietnam.
Lectotypes
designated
for
cambelli,
marmoratum.
We
maintain
prevailing
usage
an
application
International
Commission
on
Zoological
Nomenclature
prepared
suppress
its
but
unused
A
checklist
key
included
provided.
In
addition,
status
Acesines
breviceps
Stål,
1876
discussed
new
subjective
synonymy
proposed:
=
bambusana
1918,
Comments
collections
type
material
William
S.
Francis
Walker,
Jean
X.
H.
Montrouzier
Macleay
Museum
(now
part
Chau
Chak
Wing
Museum,
University
Sydney)
Language: Английский
Revision of Vitruvius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) with the description of a new species from Cambodia and Thailand
Zootaxa,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
5486(3), P. 419 - 434
Published: July 25, 2024
The
monotypic
Oriental
genus
Vitruvius
Distant,
1901
(Hemiptera:
Heteroptera:
Pentatomidae:
Pentatominae),
having
an
intricate
and
confusing
taxonomic
history,
is
revised.
A
new
species,
dobby
Roca-Cusachs,
Rider
&
Kment
described
from
Cambodia
Thailand.
Notes
on
the
hypothesized
classification
of
based
both
biology
morphology
are
presented,
but
its
systematic
placement
left
unresolved.
morphological
characteristics
redescribed.
Habitus
photographs
type
specimen
V.
insignis
labels,
species
provided.
Language: Английский
A Revision of the Genus Argolis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) from Asia
Insects,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(8), P. 680 - 680
Published: July 31, 2023
The
assassin
bug
genus
Argolis
Stål,
1861
(Hemiptera:
Reduviidae:
Stenopodainae)
has
a
disjunct
distribution
in
Sub-Saharan
Africa
and
Asia.
In
the
present
study,
Asian
species
of
are
revised.
Two
recognized,
redescribed,
illustrated,
with
following
new
subjective
synonyms
combination
proposed:
=
Bardesanes
Distant,
1909,
syn.
nov.
Neoklugia
1919,
nov.;
A.
farinator
(Reuter,
1882)
N.
typica
B.
sericenotatus
Livingstone
&
Ravichandran,
1989,
signata
(Distant,
1909),
comb.
(transferred
from
Bardesanes)
Caunus
noctulus
Hsiao,
1977,
Lectotypes
for
C.
farinator,
signatus,
designated.
A
key
to
separate
two
is
provided.
sexual
dimorphism,
systematic
relationships,
discussed.
newly
recorded
Laos,
Pakistan,
Vietnam.
Language: Английский